Disclaimer: Why do I have to keep doing this?! we all know i don't own stargate.. :( oh well

A/N: i hope you like this, sadly it took so long because i am having problems with my internet service.. life stinks sometimes. OH AND, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW OLD CHARLIE WAS WHEN HE DIED I AM GUESSING HE WAS ABOUT TENISH. MY CHARACTER IS SIX YEARS OLDER, SOMEDAY WHEN I GET THE CHANCE THERE WILL BE A FICTION TO EXPLAIN THE WHOLE THING. sorry about that, i hope you still like this. :)

Etched in His Heart

(The First Day in Egypt pt3)

As she unpacks her things, she remembers a letter her father had given her when she was about ten years old.

(the memory will be in italics)

Tiffany was rummaging through her backpack full of clothes, a tooth brush, hairbrush and a pair of flip flops. She was looking for her bathing suit, as her impatient friend was yelling "Come on, we don't want to be late for the beach!"

Tiffany smiles, she can't remember the last time she had more then three friends, (Sam, Daniel and Teal'c) but she would rather have just those three then have the many friends she had when she was younger.

"Hold on! I'm looking for my suit!" she yells back as she continues to look through her suitcase. She pulls out a black and blue one piece, "ah ha there you are" she says talking both to herself and the suit. As she pulls it out, a piece of paper falls to the floor beside her. She reaches down and picks it up. She saw that it was from her father. She smiles and unfolds he paper.

The paper was camouflage in color. She read:

Airman, This is your colonel, and i'm ordering you to have fun this weekend.

She laughs, she loved it when he did that

I'll pick you up on Sunday, hold strong, you can make it through the night, but if you need to you know the number. And, maybe we can take sunday to go fishing.

She loved that too, even though fishing in a pond with no fish got sort of boring.

I love you,

Your dad, Colonel Jack O'Neill

She then remembers, after he took her fishing, he got called to go somewhere for the air force, some mission, he never told her why he had to go. But she remembered that he left after they got back home. Their fishing trip was actually cut short because of it.

She puts her suitcase in the closet and makes her way out her door. She can see Daniel sitting on the couch in the living area, she stops just before leaving the room, and leans on the door frame. She crosses her arms and watches him sitting, and waiting for her. She didn't know what had come over her, but she was feeling something for her friend of eight years.

She couldn't try to tell herself she didn't, that would be a lie. She walks out "ready to go?" she asks "uh yeah yeah, lets go" he says getting up and smiling. "Oh, this, is your card key, in case we get separated" he says handing her a card key. "thanks" she smiles taking the key.

They walk through the hallways of the hotel. It was amazing. Glass ceilings in some parts, elegantly decorated columns, and Egyptian hieroglyphs everywhere. They talked and laughed, and looked around. Occasionally looking at the hieroglyphs and translating them.

They find the hotel restaurant. "Can we eat here tonight?" she asks "Yeah, i was planning on it" he says putting his hands in his pockets. "wow, it's fancy looking" she says looking at the couples, and families dining at the tables. Red table cloths, candles on some, making the couples dinners romantic.

Tiffany wondered what it was like to have a romantic dinner. She doesn't like the fact that she is 23 and still isn't married. They walk a while longer, talking laughing, and enjoying each other's company. She couldn't help but realize, that every once in a while, he'd look down at her smiling, and she would look up at him, their eyes meeting, and her heart melted.

She had never experienced that before in the many years they have worked together.

(Daniel's POV)

Daniel couldn't help but marvel in her golden hazel eyes. The way they seemed to laugh when she laughed, the way they shined when the light hit them at just the right angle. He couldn't believe his feelings for her. He knew they had always had a special bond. A bond shared between two very good friends, who enjoyed the same things.

But he never thought he would feel the way he did right now. He stops thinking about it, deciding that it wasn't possible, pushing the feelings and thoughts away, and continues to talk with his friend.

A/N: i know, it's not much, but to tell you the truth, my brain has been soo dead lately. I know where i'm going with this, but i don't know how to get there.. do you know what i mean? well enjoy and do comment please :)